2020 year in review

Person wearing stethoscope uses smartphone
By  MobiHealthNews 09:47 am December 28, 2020
Last New Year’s Eve, the first COVID-19 case was reported in Wuhan, China. Since then, the virus has spread all over the world. Today, more than 70 million coronavirus cases and nearly 1.6 million deaths associated with the virus have been reported, according to the World Health Organization.  By February, health systems were quickly responding and rethinking their care-delivery model. Over the...
By  MobiHealthNews 03:20 pm December 23, 2020
*/ By MobiHealthNews' tally, the last three months have hosted at least 92 digital health funding rounds totalling just over $3.8 billion – a marked increase over Q4 2019's 55 raises of $1.7 billion.  After something of a cool start, digital health investors finished the fourth quarter of 2020 strong with a collection of nine-figure raises from well-known health tech names. Verily led the pack...
By  MobiHealthNews 10:15 am December 22, 2020
Considering the size and scope of Alphabet, it should be little surprise that the company and its subsidiaries (Google, Google Cloud and Verily, to name a few) have become deeply ingrained in the healthcare ecosystem over the last several years. The tech giant maintained the momentum in 2020 with efforts focused on artificial intelligence, data flow and digital clinical research – and also sought...
 From expanding its employee health offerings to launching its first health wearable, Amazon had a busy 2020.
By  Mallory Hackett 11:08 am December 21, 2020
All eyes have watched to see what Amazon’s next move in the health space would be ever since its collaboration with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase was announced in 2018. The joint venture, however, has been fairly quiet since its announcement. It took more than a year for the company to announce its name – Haven. Other than that, the only word from Haven was the appointment, and eventual...
Screens from Apple's online and app-based COVID-19 symptom checker
By  Dave Muoio 03:14 pm December 18, 2020
Like most companies, Apple's plans for 2020 were upended with the rise of COVID-19. After initial hits to its production line, on-and-off store closures and remote working arrangements, executives said during Apple's fiscal fourth-quarter 2020 call that the tech firm weathered the storm with all-time records for revenue, earnings and cash flow – and that's before taking a look at its skyrocketing...